Brent Wojahn/The OregonianAt Hillsboro's Mooberry Elementary, teacher Tammy Biles worked to help her kindergartners read well. The school is among many that face sanctions for the first time this year under No Child Left Behind.

Federal ratings

New federal ratings, just out this morning, mean a record 71 Oregon schools will have to notify parents they are substandard and offer students a priority transfer and free bus rides to a higher-performing school.

Those schools, including elementary schools in Hillsboro, Portland, Gresham and Fairview, failed to get enough of their students to pass state reading and math tests under the No Child Left Behind law.

While the list of schools facing federal sanctions nearly doubled, Oregon schools as a whole did a better job of meeting federal performance targets this year. Middle and high schools in particular elicited better test scores from students who had done poorly in the past, including special education students.

The Oregonian's online schools guide is the single best way to see the federal rating for any public school in Oregon.